Fearghal O’Connor – Musicianship / ‘Little Maestro’ / Choir
Fearghal holds a BMus from the CIT Cork School of Music, Kodály Certification from the American Kodály Institute and a Masters of Education (M.Ed Kodály emphasis) from Loyola University Maryland, USA. He is currently a doctoral student at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, studying for a doctorate of musical performance in choral conducting.
Fearghal is the founder and conductor of the multi-award winning Cork Institute of Technology Chamber Choir. He is also the conductor of the Lismore Choir in Co. Waterford and the Rennies National School Choir in Co. Cork. While studying in America, he was fortunate to work with the Children’s Chorus of Maryland and the American Kodály Children’s Choir.
Fearghal has worked in many primary schools in Cork and Waterford over the past four years teaching musicianship classes. He also gave four Kodály based workshops for the Waterford Teachers Centre in 2014. He has been offered a teaching fellowship at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, teaching musicianship classes, working with the Academy’s ensembles, and tutor for three string quartets as part of the Academy’s new chamber music courses, working closely with the RTE Contempo Quartet.
Fearghal has also been lecturing at the Cork Institute of Technology, teaching music education on the Early Years Education degree.
